(One drop at a time.) My journal entries about offering copies of the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and other LDS church books, mainly to immigrants in their native language, mainly in Indianapolis, Indiana. With 106 translations, the Book of Mormon (along with the Bible) is a good "Rosetta Stone" for learning English or other languages, in addition to being a missionary tool.

My goals in keeping this blog/journal are: to encourage others to offer people copies of the Book
of Mormon and the Bible, to illustrate the incredible number of recent immigrants who are eager
for bilingual material, to illustrate the ease of encountering them and offering them material,
and to make known the wonderful deeds of the Lord (Ps 105:1, Isa 12:4) in arranging many of these
encounters. I realize that the concept of offering foreign language books to strangers is just
plain weird to many people, so here are some hints if you are intrigued by this and wish to try it.
Respectful comments and constructive criticism are invited.

The goal of the book placement effort is to provide, in a friendly non-threatening way, gospel
material to someone who is willing to receive it in their native language and English.

To the recipients of these books who read this: I thank you again for allowing me
to be of service to you. I encourage you to read the material, and pray to God that He
confirm the truth of it to you. The Bible and the Book of Mormon are both the Word of God.
Living according to their teachings brings happiness.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

English DVD to cold-calling salesman. Tue, Nov 3, 2009.

11/03/2009. 1198. I was at a client's office in an office complex doing computer work. This client is a member of the church, and knows my modus operandi about giving out material. A salesman came in the door to make a cold-call to solicit business. He was soliciting people for their personal business, not the company. We both turned the gentleman down, though I did accept a brochure. But we continued to make small talk since we had some computer history in common.

Since this guy was bold enough to make a cold-call, and even bolder to solicit people for their personal business while they were on company time, I decided to be a little bold in return. I offered him a couple of church DVDs, Mr. Kreuger's Christmas, and Joy to the World.

2. Yes, you can order them (both BoMs and DVDs in bulk at www.ldscatalog.com, or by phone, or by snail-mail (address and phone # on the ldscatalog.com web site).

3a. There are no quantity discounts on the BoM, except you always get free shipping, no matter how many you buy, so that's always a deal. If you call, you can ask the order-taker how many is in a case and order an even case-full. Some items have the case quantity noted on the web site. There are 40 hard-cover English BoMs in a case.

3b. You _do_ get a substantial discount if you order a case of DVDs. Most have 50 per case. "Testaments" has 30 per case. The newest "Finding Happiness" has 100 per case. (Though that DVD is not exactly appropriate for North American English-speakers, or Western Hemishere Spanish-speakers, due to the Britain/Spain accents used in the English/Spanish narration.)

See the category "Video Recordings" at ldscatalog.com for all videos.

See my post here, for the appropriate videos to give out, along with a quick description, and case prices.